Treme Turns 200

October 15, 2012 |Chronicle Web Staff

It was roughly 200 years ago that cottages were built and a community established just beyond the French Quarter in the area named for French milliner and property owner, Claude Treme. The neighborhood is considered one of America's most unique.

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In this Oct. 11, 2012 photo, a blighted home sits between two residences in the Treme section of New Orleans. The historic New Orleans neighborhood where immigrants, free people of color and slaves were allowed to own property, worship on Sundays and gather in public to dance and play music, has hit a milestone. It was roughly 200 years ago that cottages were built and a community established just beyond the French Quarter in the area named for French milliner and property owner, Claude Treme. The neighborhood is considered one of America's most unique, and it is getting a new lease on life thanks, in part, to the spotlight provided by HBO's series, “Treme.” It's also at the center of a $4 billion redevelopment plan. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Gerald Herbert/Associated Press

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In this Oct. 11, 2012 photo, a blighted home sits between two residences in the Treme section of New Orleans. The historic New Orleans neighborhood where immigrants, free people of color and slaves were allowed to own property, worship on Sundays and gather in public to dance and play music, has hit a milestone. It was roughly 200 years ago that cottages were built and a community established just beyond the French Quarter in the area named for French milliner and property owner, Claude Treme. The neighborhood is considered one of America's most unique, and it is getting a new lease on life thanks, in part, to the spotlight provided by HBO's series, “Treme.” It's also at the center of a $4 billion redevelopment plan. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)